Resumen
The article examines eroding power of government over people with the developments in the Internet. Author discusses the effect of the Internet over four aspects of power in modern society. These are commerce, speech, association and currency and taxation. With the advent of the Internet, business communication can bypass government institutions and the transfer of goods need not be between the geographic locations of the people conducting the transactions. Businesses will be on their own. The Internet makes small geographic locations meaningless for the communication of ideas. For this reason, it will be increasingly difficult for any government to appease a majority power block without weakening governments. With the Internet, a person can associate with millions across the globe. The movement of assets across the Internet and the easy conversion of money will make the control of currencies extremely difficult. State governments tend toward serving as mere regulatory bodies. The nations will have to move in concert if they hope to avoid being abandoned by their people and left by economic wayside.